You were once the best player on your team, but now you've leveled up. With a higher talent pool, you've got to win your starting spot.
Obviously, coaches expect players to develop their skills and physicality to earn their positions. However, other qualities can set players apart from the rest. If a player can master these five habits, he'll be well on his way to becoming the smartest player in the dugout—and win his spot on the roster.
Topics: Baseball Coach, Baseball Instruction, Baseball Mental Training, baseball players, Baseball Player Development
Born from the baseball dad who wanted to give better fungoes to his son outside of practice, he figured: "surely there's a machine out there that can challenge my son with the exact reps he needs."
No such machine existed at the time. And hence, FungoMan was idealized for the baseball dad and player who just wanted extra practice.
Today we're sharing 5 coach reviews for the teams wanting better baseball practice.
Topics: Baseball Coach, Coaching Baseball, Coach Talk, Coaches Using FungoMan
Understanding success may at first seem like a no brainer. Winning games equals success. But what about the success of growth? The success of discipline? The success of fundamental development?
These questions lead to a larger question: How are YOU measuring your success?
Take our 7-question super short survey below to share how you define success and growth.
Topics: Baseball Coaching, Baseball Coach, Coach Talk
How much baseball do you consume on a daily basis?
Kind of impossible to put a number on that, isn't it? Here's a tougher question: How much of that content do you trust and put to good use—especially for your ball club or program?
The following coaches tweeted how they're utilizing their automated baseball practice tool. See if any of these ideas might be worth snagging for your own use.
Topics: Baseball Practice Drills, Baseball Practice, Baseball Coaching, FungoMan, Baseball Coach, Coaches Using FungoMan
When Skip Bertman won the head coaching job at LSU's baseball program, he started by walking the baseball facility and wrote down his vision for LSU Baseball.
He made a dream list of everything he wanted the program to become.
LSU is now one of the most formidable and beloved baseball programs in the country. Bertman gives us a secret to success in the game: He wrote out his vision.
Read more on how to launch your program into greatness by simply writing down and staying accountable to your vision.
Topics: Coaching, Baseball Coaching, Baseball Coach, Baseball Program